Nurturing Gender Equality: It’s Implication for National Development

OGIE EBUBE ESTHER; AKHUETIE RUTH EBOSETALE; DAWODU OLUWATOSIN ABIGAIL; PROF. REGINA U. OBI

Nurturing Gender Equality: It’s Implication for National Development

OGIE EBUBE ESTHER, AKHUETIE RUTH EBOSETALE, DAWODU OLUWATOSIN ABIGAIL, PROF. REGINA U. OBI

Abstract

Gender has become a lingering topic across the globe and Nigeria, a male dominated society is not exempted. In the year 2000, 189 heads of state in Africa developed a set of goals to be achieved by 2015 called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Among the objectives was the promotion of gender equality and women empowerment. The question then is “how can we nurture gender equality in order to promote national development???. This is the central focus of this paper. The role of women in national development cannot be undermined especially as the 2006 National Population Census shows that women constitute 48.79% of the total population in Nigeria. This is a theoretical paper which adopts the social conflict theory of gender in its explanation of how society places the two sexes in an unequal position of wealth, power and privilege. The paper holds the view that women are endowed with human resources and skills that can be equated to that of men, and can foster national development in the society. Therefore, it recommends that the input of women in the various sectors of the nation should be encouraged.

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EmpowermentEqualityGenderNational Development

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